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At home now and resting. Very tired, and there’s a lot of follow-up appointments ahead. But man, it’s good to be home!

Mom’s going home today, and I might be going home tomorrow. At the very least, they’ll be taking the urine catheter out. I was able to bend enough last night to get a good look, and GOD DAMN, that thing is a nightmare.

Had my first visits from the doctors this morning. The new kidney is functioning very well. My creatinine has come down, I’m producing a lot of urine, and the blood flow is great, too. One of the surgeons said this is up there with their best transplants. It’s also probably going to be the most...

When I’m up for it, I’ll post a full story. Probably tomorrow, because WOW, what a difference a healthy kidney makes!

I LIVED, BITCHES!

Waiting to go to the OR now. My mother is already in surgery to remove the kidney. It’s happening!

Candy just saved my transplant. We had to redo the final bloodwork labs since the surgery was delayed, and my mother’s platelets were low. Could have been her rheumatoid arthritis. Could have been the fact that they’ve taken nearly FIFTY vials of blood in less than a month. The transplant...

I picked up the Prime Evil pack when D2 Remastered dropped, which gives you all the D3 stuff as well. It’s my first time with the game, and it’s very different from D2 - quite a bit easier, actually. I’m playing as a Necro, and I’m just tearing through the game. Corpse Explosion is ridiculous...

Test is done, and there’s no cancer! The transplant is back on! Date TBD.

I was supposed to have my surgery today, but the team delayed it. Monday afternoon, they tell my mother they want to test her for bladder cancer. They don’t want to take any chances because she already had breast cancer, but nothing can go forward until that test gets done. They haven’t even...

That’s just shell-mantics.

Eight days until surgery. I had my final pre-transplant meeting yesterday. Poked, prodded, ten vials of blood, Covid shot #3... It was a LONG day.

I’m playing it now. I’m liking it so far, though it’s a bit of a chore finding my way around.

I do have Hades - it’s great. I heard there’s going to be a Diablo 2/3 special pack when Remastered drops, so I’m going to get that. Torchlight 2 looks good. I think I’ll give it a try.

September 22nd is officially the day. I’m taking care of the details right now - getting signed up for Medicare, (crucial for a kidney transplant) putting in for an extended leave at work, building a comic buffer, and buying some recovery clothes. I’ve got a few more meetings/appointments, but...

Here I was, planning to give an update on my dialysis, and instead I end up popping in to post I GOT A MATCH and the surgery is tentatively scheduled for late September!

I’ve been on a bit a productivity roll lately, so here’s the next three strips!

It’s still early, but it looks like I’ve got a match! My mother got more tests done and cleared them, and has an appointment for an MRA (to map blood vessels) and a physical next month, which wouldn’t happen if she wasn’t a match. Jesus, I could have a new kidney in just a couple months.